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Side-pain produced by sewer? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

stitch

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'sewer?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'side-pain produced by' is the wordplay.
'side' becomes 'st' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'pain' becomes 'itch' (I have seen 'Irritating pain ' mean 'itch' so perhaps 'pain' could also mean 'itch').
'produced by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'st'+'itch'='STITCH'

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(Other definitions for stitch that I've seen before include "result of working with needle?" , "Surgical suture" , "For example, back" , "closer" , "Sharp spasm of pain in the side" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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